NEST 2017 Counselling

Here is the good news for all candidates who have a desire to pursue various Research Courses in NISER Bhubaneswar and Mumbai University. National Institute of Science Education and Research has announced NEST 2017 Counselling Dates. NEST Counselling 2017 will be held in offline mode. So, all the interested and eligible candidates can check the below post for complete details of NISER 2017 Counselling. First of all, candidates can report to the Counselling Venue of their choice. Officials will take attendance at every venue and they will prepare NEST Modified Merit list 2017. The admission of candidates to NISER & UM-DAE CBS depends on the merit list prepared by the officials. For further details regarding NEST 2017 Counselling, refer the following sections.

National Entrance Screening Test is a National level Examination conducted every year by National Institute of Science Education & Research. The main objective behind organizing NEST 2017 is to provide admission for eligible candidates into Integrated 5 year M.Sc programme in Basic Sciences. The commonly known basic sciences are Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology. Candidates have a chance to get admission into National Institute of Science Education & Research & CBS Institutions through this exam. The starting date to fill NEST Online Application form 2017 is January 02, 2017. Applied candidates can download NEST Hall Ticket 2017 from 14th April 2017. The National Institute of Science Education & Research will conduct National Entrance Screening Test 2017 on 27th May 2017.

Official letter from the Institution in which candidates have submitted Original Certificate for admission purpose

Photocopies of all the mentioned documents

Candidates must carry required documents to NISER 2017 Counselling Venue. The list of documents to be carried by the candidate is given above.

NEST 2017 Seat Matrix – NISER 2017 Counselling

Serial No.

Category

NISER

CBS

1.

General

85

23

2.

Other Backward Classes

2

2

3.

Super numerary: Jammu & Kashmir

46

12

4.

Scheduled Caste

26

7

5.

Scheduled Tribe

13

3

6.

PD (Part of other categories)

5

1

Total

172

47

National Institute of Science Education and Research has total 172 seats. Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences has total 47 seats for admission into Integrated five year M.Sc Program. The reservation of seats for other categories will depend on the norms of Government of India. Above table implies the Category-wise distribution of seats.

NEST 2017 Counselling Procedure

First of all, candidates must appear at the NEST Counselling Venue 2017 of their choice on the day of NISER Counselling 2017.

If any candidate fails to appear on the mentioned date and time, his/her candidature will be canceled by the conducting officials.

The officials of National Institute of Science Education & Research will take the attendance of the appeared candidates.

Depending on the number of candidates reported at both NISER & Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, they will prepare the merit list.

NEST Merit list 2017 is original and modified. This means that this merit list will be final.

The admission of candidates to NISER & UM-DAE CBS depends on this finalized merit list.

Candidates must note that attending for NEST Counselling 2017 does not guarantee the admission to the candidate in any of the participating Institutes.

Authorities will admit the aspirants strictly according to the Modified Merit list at the time of NEST Counselling 2017.

They will fill the seats considering the categories who claim reservation.